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Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

My healthy slow cooker butter chicken is one of the tastiest slow cooker meals ever. It is so easy to prepare too.

A long, long time ago, I used to eat out and get takeaway a few times a week. I did love to cook, don’t get me wrong.

But, when I was getting home late from work, it was easy just to buy dinner.

When we would eat at an Indian restaurant (or get Indian takeaway), I would order one of two dishes – Butter Chicken or Chicken Tikka Masala. If I ever made one of these dishes at home, it would usually be from a jar.

These days I like to know what goes in to the meals that my family eats. This means fresh, whole foods and a variety of herbs and spices – no numbers, and no crap.

So now to this awesome recipe.

I have made Butter Chicken several times before from scratch, but never using a slow cooker. Seriously, why did I not have one of these babies before!!

Cooking is so easy when you use a slow cooker (easy enough that you don’t need to settle for takeaway, so long as you plan a little bit ahead) and the results are fantastic.

If you are cooking meat, it is always really tender or falling off the bone, depending on what cut of meat you are cooking.

Ness xo

Slow Cooker Butter Chicken

My healthy slow cooker butter chicken is one of the tastiest slow cooker meals ever. It is so easy to prepare too.

Prep Time10 minutes

Cook Time5 hours

Total Time5 hours10 minutes

Ingredients

1 tablespoon coconut oil

3-4 cloves garlic, crushed

1 onion, diced

1 + 3/4 cups coconut milk (coconut cream also works)

3/4 cup organic tomato paste

2 tablespoons tapioca flour

2 teaspoons garam masala

1 teaspoon curry powder

1/2 teaspoon ginger powder

1/2 teaspoon chili powder (add more if you like it hotter)

Sea salt and black pepper, to taste

1.25kg chicken thighs (or breasts), cut into small pieces

Fresh coriander, to serve

Instructions

Heat coconut oil in a large saucepan on medium high heat

Add onion and garlic, cook, stirring frequently for approximately 3 minutes or until the onions have become translucent.

Add coconut milk, tomato paste, tapioca flour, garam masala, curry powder, chili powder and ginger powder, stirring until well combined and the sauce has started to thicken. Season with salt and pepper.

Add chicken to the slow cooker, then add the sauce and mix through the chicken

Cover and cook on low heat for 5 hours.

Serve with the coriander and your favourite sides (mine with quinoa).

Notes

I love to add fresh broccoli and cauliflower in the last hour of cooking and then serve with quinoa.